Prescription - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |prɪˈskrɪpʃn|  American pronunciation of the word prescription
Brit.  |prɪˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word prescription

noun

- directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
I tried to follow her prescription for success
- a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly
- written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
- written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient

adjective

- available only with a doctor's written prescription
a prescription drug

Extra examples

The drug is only sold with a prescription.

I have to pick up my prescription.

We are trying to cut the price of prescription drugs.

I got the prescription filled on the way home.

If you're pregnant, you can get free prescriptions.

The party's main prescription for educational problems was to give schools more money.

I tried to follow her prescription for success

To cut down on competition, the government passed price controls on prescription drugs.

The pharmacist prepared the prescription.

Your prescription will be ready in about 20 minutes.

Your local druggist can fill the prescription.

...she got her prescription for antibiotics filled by the druggist...

Travellers must declare their prescription drugs.

The doctor wrote me a prescription for sleeping pills.

...the pharmacist caught an error in the prescription's dosage...

Word forms

noun
singular: prescription
plural: prescriptions
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